Arts, Briefly; New Resignation From Ground Zero Project

By ROBIN POGREBIN; Compiled by Lawrence Van Gelder

Published: October 6, 2005

Henry R. Kravis, right, the investment banker and arts patron, has become the third person to resign from the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, the organization charged with raising money for the memorial and cultural buildings at ground zero. Mr. Kravis submitted his resignation on Sept. 21 to John C. Whitehead, the chairman of the foundation, citing time commitments. The resignation, first reported by The Associated Press on Tuesday, is the latest blow to the foundation. Agnes Gund, a president emerita of the Museum of Modern Art, stepped down last week after the Sept. 28 decision by Gov. George E. Pataki of New York to oust the International Freedom Center from the site. Barbara Walters of ABC News stepped down in August. The loss of these three well-connected board members could hurt the fund-raising efforts of the foundation, which has a goal of $500 million. ROBIN POGREBIN